OPAT in Switzerland: single-center experience of a model to treat complicated infections.

Purpose: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) programmes are established in the minority of Swiss hospitals. We aimed to study the OPAT programme at the University Hospital Basel during a 3-year period to evaluate safety and outcome.

Methods: All patients treated in the OPAT programme between 2015 and 2017 were included in the study.